ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
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
flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
piece of evidence; evidence
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
schoolchild without lunch
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
marriage fraud; fake marriage
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
it's no joke; gimme a break!
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
really; truly; indeed; good grief
myself; yourself; I; me; you
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
by myself; in person; by oneself
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in