desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
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.
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
absorption; suction; attraction
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something