hello; good day; good afternoon
overall; general; as a whole
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
slightly below average (esp. in regards to looks)
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
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.
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
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 ...
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply