order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
silence; stillness; quietness
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
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.
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
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
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.); sensor
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to come and go; to go back and forth