suffix for familiar person
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
overnight; since last night
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
the lower classes; the common people
the lowest (of its kind); the poorest
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.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to like; to love; to be fond of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
buying the services of a prostitute; whoring
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold