mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to have a talk; to tell a story
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
contract; compact; agreement
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
licence; license; permit; certificate (of qualification)
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
second day of the month; two days
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be needed; to be wanted
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
studies; schoolwork; classwork
beginning; outset; first; onset
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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)
that's the way it is; such is life
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to rescue from; to help out of; to save