favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
please (give me); please (do for me)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please; somehow or other; one way or another
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.
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
adds force or indicates command
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago