as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
Island; insula; island; islet
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
a little; a bit; slightly
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
suffix for familiar person
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time