year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
ditch next to railway track
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
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 stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
while; during; while; although; all; both
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
at least; at most; (even) just
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
two persons; two people; pair; couple
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
police investigator; investigator
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious