each; (arch.) you (plural)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
subway; metro; underground (railway)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
honorific/polite/humble prefix
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
suffix for familiar person
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy