tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
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
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
switching over to; migration; transition
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
door; gate; opening; title page
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
chestnut (horse coat color)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
urgency; exigency; emergency
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
reason; cause; circumstances
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
don't you think?; indicates question
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
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.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares