hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
restoration; repair; mending
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
now; the present time; just now; another; more
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to keep to oneself; to keep secret
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
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
after school (at the end of the day)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic