police; police officer; police station
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
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
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
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 take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
no!; no no!; no, not at all
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
personage; person (deserving of respect)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable