honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
senior high school; high school
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
bleeding (e.g. dyes); seepage; breeding; lineage; breeding; raising livestock, etc.
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
sex fiend; lecher; pervert
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
memories; recollections; reminiscence
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.
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of