a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to draw back; to leave (the area)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
island in a pond or river
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
married woman's secret lover; paramour; adultery (by a married woman)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable