right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
high rice field; very fertile rice field
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
suffix for familiar person
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
honorific/polite/humble prefix
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
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 subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
adds force or indicates command
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest