How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
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
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
than; from; out of; except; but; more
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
it is I who should say so
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
suspension system (of a vehicle); undercarriage; area around one's feet; footwear
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
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.)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)