to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
escape hatch; escape door
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
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
water vapour; water vapor; steam
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
how long; how far; how much
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
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 lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
carrying (child) under arm
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
pieces; scraps; disconnected
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out