early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
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
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to head home; to leave for home
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
flight; desertion; escape
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
(European) gray wolf (carnivore, Canis lupus lupus); grey wolf
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
coyote (carnivore, Canis latrans)
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
testimony; (verbal) evidence
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound