to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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.)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
suffix for familiar person
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
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.
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to have a talk; to tell a story
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays