to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
immediately; at once; instantly
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
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
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
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 go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
honorific/polite/humble prefix
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
already; now; no longer; not any more
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
than; from; out of; except; but; more
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to order; to command; to appoint
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
rule; reign; peaceful times