older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
king; king; king (chess piece)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
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 aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
doing one's own flower arranging; marrying or making a mistress of a geisha
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
(some) more; even more; longer; further
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
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.)
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...