to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
long thin brown "naoko" mushroom
suffix for familiar person
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
hello; good day; good afternoon
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
direct import; direct importation
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
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.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
relatively; comparatively
fickle; capricious; inconstant; changeable; whimsical
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!