Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
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
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to pass (of time); to elapse
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
please (give me); please (do for me)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
now; the present time; just now; another; more
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
number one; first; best; most; game; round
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial