engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
visitor; person born later than oneself; one's junior; future
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
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.
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
silence; stillness; quietness
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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.)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game