circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
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
summer vacation; summer holiday
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
clothing; articles of clothing; apparel
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention