second month of the lunar calendar
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
mask; disguise; guise; mask
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
people; men and women; each person; everybody
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
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
of course; certainly; naturally
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
adds force or indicates command
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment