creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
how; in what way; how about
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.)
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.
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
single word; a few words; brief comment
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to be worried; to be troubled
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
existence; possession; having; limited company
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to recall; to remember; to recollect
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...