ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to become bright; to become clear
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
match; game; bout; contest
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to be needed; to be wanted
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
offense and defense; offence and defence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to attack; to assault; to assail
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
adds force or indicates command
(some) more; even more; longer; further
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.
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)