lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
until now; so far; up to the present
to collect; to assemble; to gather
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
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
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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.
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision