suffix for familiar person
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
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
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
baby hatch (for unwanted newborns); foundling wheel
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
name; given name; first name
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
how; in what way; how about
migratory bird; bird of passage
deputy head teacher; vice principal
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
mass communication; mass media
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
please (give me); please (do for me)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!