ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
how; in what way; how about
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
after that; afterwards; thereafter
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
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
will not do; do not; does not
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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.
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
conference room; council room
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
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, ...
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation