indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
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)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to wring the neck; to strangle
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
all; entire; whole; altogether
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to ask for directions; to ask the way
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)