soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
correction; revision; amendment
time axis; time basis; timeline
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
another bank; other bank; absence from home; going out
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
ancient Shinto music and dancing
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to stop (plug) one's ears
bright red; crimson lotus flower
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
network disturbance; communication failure; telecommunication malfunction