yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; period; class
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
modan'yaki (okonomiyaki topped with yaki-soba and fried together)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
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
honorific/polite/humble prefix
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
good feeling; feeling good
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
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