introduction; presentation; referral; listing
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
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
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
great swordsman; master fencer
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
serious; not joking; straight
adds force or indicates command
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
you (plural); all of you; you all
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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.
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
planning; project; plan; design
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!