cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
honorific/polite/humble prefix
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
then; well; so; well then
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
please (give me); please (do for me)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
rather than; more ... than ...
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
feeling; sense; impression
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
president (of a society); chairman
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...