at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
mask; disguise; guise; mask
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
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to attempt; to test; to try out
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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.
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr