fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
construction; establishment
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
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
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
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
offender; criminal; culprit
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indictment; prosecution; complaint
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.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
company president; manager; director
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen