today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
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
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
adds force or indicates command
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
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
than; from; out of; except; but; more
piece; fragment; one (object)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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.