to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
many colors; many colours
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
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
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 fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
now; the present time; just now; another; more
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to recall; to remember; to recollect
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
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.)
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?