happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
two parts; two copies; the second part
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown