(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
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
application; request; petition
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question