ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
and yet; though; when; in spite of
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
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
winning by judges' decision (in judo)
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
how; in what way; how about
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question