indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)
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
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
boarding gate (airport); aircraft door
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
please (give me); please (do for me)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
together; at the same time; same; identical
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
the other day; a few days ago
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
section manager; section chief
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!