good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
scenery; scene; landscape
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
older sister; elder sister
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
that is to say; so that means