stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
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 stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
Island; insula; island; islet
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
in that way; thus; so; so?
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
watering hole; watering place
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
had better ...; had better not ...
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
order of chivalry; chivalric order
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?