pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to not take seriously; to take lightly
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
gunjin shogi (board game)
tank (military vehicle); chariot
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; gun; pistol
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
(something) so small; so little; trifling