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 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 prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
thorough; exhaustive; complete
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
company president; manager; director
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
what kind of; what sort of; what
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...