fortune-telling; divination
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
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
please (give me); please (do for me)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
serious; not joking; straight
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
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.)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
two persons; two people; pair; couple
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that