excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
river; stream; River; the ... river
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
(another's) daughter; young lady
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 ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
then; well; so; well then
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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.
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to gather; to collect; to assemble
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
after all; because; but; even; too; as well