honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
like this; this sort; this way
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
such; like that; that sort of; very
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
self-torturing; masochistic
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
adds force or indicates command
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to push aside; to brush aside
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
that is to say; so that means
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to hide; to keep to oneself
study; research; investigation
of course; certainly; naturally
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
meaning; significance; sense
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
reality; actuality; hard fact