love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
group; bunch; crowd; group
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
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
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.)
those (near the second person)
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 project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
than; from; out of; except; but; more
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
just now; a little while back; a short time ago