ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
everybody; every last one of them; all
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
in that way; thus; so; so?
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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 throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
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
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...