weather forecast; weather report
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
how; in what way; how about
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
centre; center; center fielder
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
now; the present time; just now; another; more
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
then; well; so; well then
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; JAXA
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!