very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
postman; mailman; letter carrier; mail carrier
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
in that way; thus; so; so?
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
really; truly; indeed; good grief
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for