(electric) torch; flashlight
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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
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 open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
boy; son; baby boy; young man
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor