magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
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
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
chilly; unpleasantly cold
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
science institute; scientific laboratory
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
donation; presentation; gift
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
left side; left-hand side
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
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 open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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)
will; intent; desire; will; testament
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Kerry (Ireland); Kelley; Kerrey
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night