myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
had better ...; had better not ...
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Japanese person; Japanese people
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
indolence; laziness; sloth
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
so; like this; in this way
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
adds force or indicates command