painless childbirth; painless delivery; obstetric analgesia for labor (e.g. epidural)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
beginning; outset; first; onset
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
physical examination; medical examination; health checkup; health screening
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
in that way; thus; so; so?
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
contraction; narrowing; stricture; stenosis
heart; guts; nerve; central part
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
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 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)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)