hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
breath; breathing; tone; mood
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
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
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
training; drill; practice; discipline
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr