delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
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
honorific/polite/humble prefix
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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 ...
how; in what way; how about
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
maid; helper; help; assistance
older sister; lass; young lady
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
family name; lineage; birth; clan