frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
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 endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
official announcement; proclamation
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
only; merely; but; no more than
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
on and after; from ... onward; since
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do