food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
ji (ancient Chinese halberd)
outbreak of war; starting a war
instant yakisoba in a cup
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
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
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
adds force or indicates command
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about