method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
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.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
(present) head of a family
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to be needed; to be wanted
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
don't you think?; indicates question
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
really; truly; indeed; good grief
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
adds force or indicates command
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder