labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
town; city; municipal; urban
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
shopping; purchased goods
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
just a minute; small quantity
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
royal capital; imperial capital
than; from; out of; except; but; more
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise