house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
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
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
suffix for familiar person
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily