staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
pussy (i.e. female genitals); sexual intercourse
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
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.)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
please (give me); please (do for me)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
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 request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward