older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
festival; feast; carnival
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
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
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
trivial; not amounting to much
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation