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; so
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 honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
(compulsory) retirement age; age limit; (compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age); mandatory retirement
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
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
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, ...; wow
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
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
material; materials; data; information; documents