to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
fly (ball); fly (lure); fly (insect)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
owner (esp. of a business)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
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.
how; in what way; how about; questionable
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant