nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
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.)
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
please (give me); please (do for me)
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
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 make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...