teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
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
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
in that way; thus; so; so?
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
picture dealer; commercial art gallery
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become