evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
God; god; ace; king; superior person
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
last night; yesterday evening
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very