sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
older brother; elder brother
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
fifth day of the month; five days
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
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
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
book; volume; this; present; main; head
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.
the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
in this way; thus; such; uh...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
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.)