ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
war; battle; match; game; competition
decision of a contest; finals
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
now; the present time; just now; another; more
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
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.
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
such; this sort of; like this
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
going to a work location in advance; arriving a day early (e.g. for a film shooting); cutting into another person's wave (in surfing); surfing in front of another person; having the front door be the entrance (of a one-man bus); boarding a one-man bus via the front entrance
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
meeting hall; assembly hall
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored