holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
self denial; self control
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to repeat; to do something over again
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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.
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
suffix for familiar person
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
government; administration