amateur baseball; sandlot baseball
first part (of a book, film, etc.); first volume; prequel
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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.
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.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
(written) invitation; letter of invitation
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
receptionist; reception woman
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...