pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
anything and everything; just about everything
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
they; those guys; those fellows
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
two persons; two people; pair; couple
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string