older brother; elder brother
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
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.
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
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
welcome!; nice to see you!
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality