royal capital; imperial capital
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
metre; meter; meter; gauge
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 cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
all; entire; whole; altogether
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
don't you think?; indicates question
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
people; men and women; each person; everybody
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to trample; to crush underfoot
one by one; one after another; successively
surroundings; environs; circumference
innumerable; countless; numberless
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
piece of meat; cut of meat