cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
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
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to recall; to remember; to recollect
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...