shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
index finger; forefinger; second toe
two (long cylindrical things)
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories; gal
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
the text; the main clause; the main part of a document
innocence; being not guilty
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to be surprised; to be astonished
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in