look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
flour; meal; powder; heroin
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
never mind!; don't worry about it
then; well; so; well then
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
fart; gas; wind; worthless thing; insignificant thing
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
considerably; greatly; a lot
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
two persons; two people; pair; couple
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; period; class
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
why; how; for what reason
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
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.
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work