cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
people; men and women; each person; everybody
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.
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
body and soul; mind and body
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
business trip; official trip
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
squeak; cheep; slurp; sucking noisily; mouse
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis