friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
suffix for familiar person
honorific/polite/humble prefix
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
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.)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
considerably; fairly; quite
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
in that way; thus; so; so?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have a talk; to tell a story
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
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
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
until now; so far; up to the present
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
second (unit of time); arc second