to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
suffix for familiar person
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
why; how; for what reason
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
new moon; first day of the lunar month; next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (at a location); sum of money
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
selfless (pious, righteous) man
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
coefficient; coefficient; factor; proportional constant
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to recall; to remember; to recollect
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
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.
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
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 stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you