to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
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.
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this world; this life; world of the living
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
number one; first; best; most; game; round
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
headquarters; head office; main office
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
prison officer; corrections officer; penal officer; prison guard; jailor; warder
birth date; date of birth; DOB
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
release; liberation; acquittal
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
delivery; dispatch; despatch; service of process
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
retention; keeping in custody (e.g. of a court)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
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.)
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
light blue; pale blue; aqua
leather; leather-bound; leathern
(period of) a year; during an era
penal labour; work assigned to prisoners
cash bonus; reward; bounty
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle