day after day; day by day
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
bento; Japanese box lunch
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
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 do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
novel; story; (work of) fiction
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
influence; effect; impact
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")