ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
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.
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
sympathy; empathy; response
is never the case; has never happened
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
game arcade; video arcade; penny arcade
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
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
in this way; thus; such; uh...