pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
going home from work; on the way home from work
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit
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.)
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
really; truly; indeed; good grief
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
imperial order; imperial decree
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over