true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
in this way; thus; such; uh...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone