to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
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
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to be called; to do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
fee; charge; rate; material
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
adds force or indicates command
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
pupil; student; schoolchild
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
without holding anything back; mercilessly; relentlessly; energetically; vigorously
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!