narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
door; gate; opening; title page
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
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
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 contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
discovery; detection; finding
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
right angle; perpendicular
flash (of light); glint; schiller
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
bon voyage!; have a nice trip!
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now