magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
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.)
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
considerably; greatly; a lot
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...