oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
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.
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
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.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
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
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important