to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
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 condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
really; truly; indeed; good grief
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to state; to express; to mention
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)