scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
honorific/polite/humble prefix
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
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
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
washing with cold water (without using soap, etc.)
washing a kimono (or futon, etc.) without taking it apart; laundering whole
washing by rubbing (clothes, hands, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
shout of victory; cry of triumph
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
loveable; very likeable; like very much
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
belief; faith; conviction
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
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.
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore