gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
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 take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to be found; to be discovered
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
how; in what way; how about
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
both (people); the two of them
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried); katsu
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
older sister; elder sister
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to like; to love; to be fond of