mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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 understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
woman; female; feminine gender
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; first name
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few