to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
absorption; suction; attraction
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
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.
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
how; in what way; how about
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
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
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one