to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
one day; (on) a certain day
riverside; edge of a river
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
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 pick up; to find; to gather
kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
to put someone to work; to make someone work
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
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
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of