incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
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
time; hour; period; class
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.
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
festival; feast; carnival
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
participation; joining; entry; adherence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result