sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
young greens; young herbs
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
honorific/polite/humble prefix
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
how; in what way; how about
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
offender; criminal; culprit
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
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
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o