business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
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
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
in that way; thus; so; so?
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)