hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
in high spirits; excited; energetic
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
all; entire; whole; altogether
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
name; given name; first name
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to