guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
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.)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to repeat; to do something over again
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
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
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
third day of the month; three days
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda