prefix for forming ordinal numbers
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
that's the way it is; such is life
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be mistaken for; to be confused with
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
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
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
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 pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
final; eventual; ultimate
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work