assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
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 extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
drop (e.g. of water); drip
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work