indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
suffix for familiar person
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
instead; but (on the other hand)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so