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
suffix for familiar person
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
river; stream; River; the ... river
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
government official; public official
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
beginning; outset; first; onset
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
common people; ordinary people; masses
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)