hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
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
now; the present time; just now; another; more
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.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
alone; by oneself; on one's own
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
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance