illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
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
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood
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 kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
mask; disguise; guise; mask
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
base (military, expedition, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
flawless; absolute perfection
serious; not joking; straight
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to set (sun); to become dark
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
already; now; no longer; not any more
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality