although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to complete decisively; to do to completion
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
older sister; lass; young lady
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
until now; so far; up to the present
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
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 desire; to want; to wish for; to covet
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
unit; (musical) group; band
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?