older sister; lass; young lady
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
how; in what way; how about; questionable
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
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.
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; from; out of; except; but; more
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
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 have a talk; to tell a story
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to apologize; to apologise
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...