September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
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
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
government; administration
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
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 carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
government service; the bureaucracy
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward