malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
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 work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
now; the present time; just now; another; more
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
police; police officer; police station
to investigate; to examine
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
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.)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
study; research; investigation
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble