indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bet; wager; stake; gamble
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
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 find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays