disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
honorific/polite/humble prefix
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
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 swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
teatime; tea break; coffee break
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
time; season; period; phase; stage
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
while; during; while; although; all; both
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.)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out