odd; strange; queer; peculiar
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
society; public; community; social studies
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 recall; to remember; to recollect
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
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
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out