yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
sailor suit; middy uniform
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
highlights; summary; compilation
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
educational institution; school; academy; campus
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
head of the student council; president of the student council