giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
journal; magazine; periodical
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 hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
personality; style; appearance
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.)
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
conflict; complication; troubles; discord