oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
uncle; ankle; anchor (of an anchor escapement in a clock); pallet fork (of a lever escapement in a mechanical watch)
suffix for familiar person
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
mallee (var. of eucalyptus)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as