ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
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
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
Italian food; Italian cooking
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the other day; some time ago; recently
beyond this point; from now on; after this
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
for connoisseurs; preferred by experts
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
hey there; I say; see here
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid