to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
suffix for familiar person
dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
it's been a long time; long time no see
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
even if; even though; however; no matter how
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(brute) force; using all one's might
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
will not do; do not; does not
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)