man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
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 convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
fried prawns; fried shrimp
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
professor; teaching; instruction
suffix appended to someone else's family members
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
inside one's heart; in one's mind
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
soldier; combatant; warrior
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
how; in what way; how about