good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
(railway) crossing gate; barrier (at a toll booth, parking lot, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
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)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
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 eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
roar; peal; rumble; beating; pounding; throbbing
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
rikka; formal style of ikebana
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
suffix appended to someone else's family members
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
please (give me); please (do for me)
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what's the matter?; what's wrong?