ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
autumn breeze; fall breeze
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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.)
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
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
adds force or indicates command
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
how; in what way; how about
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
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.
serialization; serialisation; serial story
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
in comparison to; rather than
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
softness; comparatively soft
man; male; masculine gender
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...