poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
Island; insula; island; islet
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
duty; function; office; mission; task
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
really; truly; indeed; good grief
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
accurate portrait; photographic portrait
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy