lateness; tardiness; arriving late
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
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
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
understood; I see; OK; present; here
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
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
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
format; procedure; way of proceeding
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 make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else