to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
leader of a charge; first to arrive
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
so; like this; in this way
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
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
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
company president; manager; director
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
single word; a few words; brief comment
greeting; a fine thing to say
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
welcome!; nice to see you!
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period