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.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
breath; breathing; tone; mood
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
in that way; thus; so; so?
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be helpful; to be useful
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of