man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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 examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless 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.)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
gods and men; godlike person; person as powerful as a god; (arch.) low-ranking Shinto priest
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
Chang'e (Chinese goddess)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
legend; folklore; tradition
at first; in the beginning; originally
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
(religious) faith; belief; creed
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine