ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
image; figure; figure; form; image
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
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
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
endless; boundless; everlasting
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to be charmed by; to be attracted to; to be taken with; to be drawn to
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
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.
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person