place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
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 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 kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
letting (someone) die without helping
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
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
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
cost of medical treatment; medical expenses; fees for treatment
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to