yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
thank you for your continued patronage
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
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.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)