boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
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
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
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)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
on the occasion of; at the time of
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
number one; first; best; most; game; round
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
author; writer; novelist; artist
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
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 end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
power; authority; jurisdiction
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)