honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
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.
release (of a film, music album, software, etc.); publication; release; liberation; release (of a previously pressed mouse button)
Alice; Alliss; Alyce; Arisu
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
story; tale; talk; discussion
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.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
number one; first; best; most; game; round
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
dishes based on spring onions and tuna
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
pope's nose; parson's nose; meat from around the coccyx of a chicken
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?