intermission (between acts); interlude
drama; play; powerful drug
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
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
name; given name; first name
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
sublime; noble; high-minded
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
meaning; significance; sense
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
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 rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
main; principal; chief; primary; major
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
dukedom; duchy; principality
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
from the beginning; from scratch
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of