bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
honorific/polite/humble prefix
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
program (e.g. TV); programme
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
any more; any further; any better; any longer
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
adds force or indicates command
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
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.
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
princess; daughter of a nobleman
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to