bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
misanthropy; misanthropist
hostility; animosity; enmity
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
consequence; outcome; result; blame
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
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
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
one room apartment; studio apartment
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be bony; to be angular
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
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 seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
acrylic (esp. acrylic fibre, fiber)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light