(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
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
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
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
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
name; given name; first name
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
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.
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy