yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
honorific/polite/humble prefix
two persons; two people; pair; couple
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
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.)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
summer vacation; summer holiday
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...