wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
genius; prodigy; natural gift
lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
commerce; trade; business
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
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.
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
foot of a rock; large rock, most of which is buried
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
sound source; sound generator; tone generator; audio; audio file; recording
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...