suffix for familiar person
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
bento; Japanese box lunch
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
(some) more; even more; longer; further
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
hello; good day; good afternoon
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
two persons; two people; pair; couple
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more