white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
snake; serpent; large snake
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
chapter one; first chapter
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
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 convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
(many people) sleeping bunched together in a single room; sleeping together in a huddle
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
all night long; all through the night
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
savage; wild; unruly; to behave roughly; to get wild