complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
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 love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
specimen; sample; (classic) example; type; sample
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
while; during; while; although; all; both
autopsy; post-mortem (examination); (coroner's) inquest; examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
senior high school student
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
ten; 10; ten years of age
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet