daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
homeroom; form room; form class
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
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 save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
at least; at most; (even) just
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
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
attendance (at school); going to school
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
classic (work, esp. book); the classics