older employee who does not have much actual work
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
... years old; age (of) ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
aloha shirt; Hawaiian shirt
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
rough; casual (clothing); rough; rough (sketch); draft
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
while; during; while; although; all; both
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
sunlounger; beach chair; banana lounge
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
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 fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
agglomeration; clumping together; cohesion (of ions, etc.); flocculation (of colloidal particles); agglutination
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about