thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
large stone; boulder; dragon; long group of connected stones spanning a wide area
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
time; hour; period; class
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
long ago; a long time ago; already
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
particularly; only; in the case of
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
headquarters; head office; main office
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
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.
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)