half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
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
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
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.
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
morning training (e.g. before school)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
opposite side; opposition
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous