to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
refinement; elegance; grace
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
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.
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
memories; recollections; reminiscence
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament