curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
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 make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
sludge; slime; chemical ooze
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
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
action of making something; -ification
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
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.)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
history of; experience of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
lethal weapon; deadly device
finish; end; completion; result
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
confections; sweets; candy; cake