if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
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
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
considerably; fairly; quite
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
metre; meter; meter; gauge
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
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.
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
according to plan; as planned; on target
number one; first; best; most; game; round
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
in succession; one by one
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
all; entire; whole; altogether