house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
acceleration; speeding up
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
name; given name; first name
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
that's the way it is; such is life
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
by myself; in person; by oneself
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
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
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!