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
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
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
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
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.
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
materials; data; document