cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
in that way; thus; so; so?
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
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.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
daily allowance; daily wages
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
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
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
time; hour; period; class
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
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 continue; to keep up; to keep on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
being on duty; person on duty