to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration; memory; matching pairs
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
money paid to authorities; money paid to the government; money forcibly collected by yakuza bosses from subordinate gang members; contributions levied by gangster organizations on subordinates; money paid to a feudal lord; tribute money
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to show signs of; to appear
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not