neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
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
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
please (give me); please (do for me)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
story; tale; talk; discussion
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
now; the present time; just now; another; more
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
family; members of a family
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing