department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)
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
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
now; the present time; just now; another; more
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
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
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")