Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
fermented sweetfish entrails and roe
suffix for familiar person
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; opportunity to ...; season
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
study group; study meeting
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
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.
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
library (usu. single-room); small library
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points