I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
as a child; when one was a child
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
life; living; I; me; student
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
study; diligence; discount; reduction
chemical experiment; chemistry experiment
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
leisure time; idle moment
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
all over the island; throughout the island; on the island
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?