single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
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.
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
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.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
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
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...