hello; good day; good afternoon
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
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
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
lower-middle (e.g. in class rank)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
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; and then
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
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 delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
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
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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; if ... then; 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