wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; from; out of; except; but; more
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
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 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)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...