to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; becoming worthless
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
two-top (soccer formation); formation with two forwards at the front line
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
difficult to ...; hard to ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
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
adds force or indicates command
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
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
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)