merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
now; the present time; just now; another; more
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to join together; to combine; to join up
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
name; given name; first name
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
all; entire; whole; altogether
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
serious; not joking; straight
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's