origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
suffix for familiar person
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
helper; assistant; help; assistance
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
sorry; excuse me; thank you
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
... years old; age (of) ...
primary school; elementary school; grade school
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
two classes; double; two sets
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
honorific/polite/humble prefix
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of