honorific/polite/humble prefix
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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 make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
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
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
then; well; so; well then
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on