wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
honorific/polite/humble prefix
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
grandfather; male senior-citizen
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
to work without sleep or rest
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
number one; first; best; most; game; round
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
suffix for familiar person
boy; son; baby boy; young man
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
and yet; though; when; in spite of
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
hating; strongly disliking
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
last night; yesterday evening