teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
now; the present time; just now; another; more
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
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
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
in that way; thus; so; so?
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
sorry; excuse me; thank you