yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
third day of the month; three days
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
district court; local court
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
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.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
I see; that's right; indeed
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
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
court (of law); courtroom
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 deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise