feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
dancer (esp. a bugaku dancer)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
even though; despite; when
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
trip abroad; overseas travel
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation