small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
honorific/polite/humble prefix
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
suffix for familiar person
hello; good day; good afternoon
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous