no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
suffix for familiar person
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to say; to be called; to do
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)