honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
don't you think?; indicates question
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
father; dad; husband; you; he
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
serious; not joking; straight
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
currently popular; in fashion; trendy
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
failure; mistake; blunder
consequence; outcome; result; blame
beginning; outset; first; onset
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
bento; Japanese box lunch
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school