popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
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
specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill
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.
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
pupil; student; schoolchild
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)