comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
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
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
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
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
Daijisen (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
extract; excerpt; selection
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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 kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid