loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
playing mahjong all night
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
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
don't push yourself too hard; don't force yourself
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
long ago; already; a long time ago
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
preoperative (preparation, diagnosis, etc.)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
computerized tomography; CT
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire