companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
just one person; only one
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...