(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
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.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
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 take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
woman; female; feminine gender
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!