honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
please (give me); please (do for me)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
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
authenticity; credibility
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
suffix for familiar person
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
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.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
tide; current; sea water; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also