cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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.
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
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
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become