no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
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
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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 think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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.)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
until now; so far; up to the present
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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?
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
society; the world; the times
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to repeat; to do something over again
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
singing voice; (sound of) singing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
speaking voice; talking voice
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly