employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, 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
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
general; popular; common; typical
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
generation; the world; the age
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
surely; certainly; without doubt
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
senior high school; high school
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
government course (curriculum) guidelines
revision (of text); alteration; change
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
second day of the month; two days
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
link; directory entry; rink
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding