natural disaster; calamity
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
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
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
older sister; lass; young lady
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
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.
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing