a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
suffix for familiar person
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
sorry; excuse me; thank you
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
practice; practising; experience
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
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 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.
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
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.)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
how can (one) do something