serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
suffix for familiar person
home delivery (of food); outside catering
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
understood; I see; OK; present; here
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
outward appearance; apparent
than; from; out of; except; but; more
considerably; fairly; quite
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
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
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
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.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix