to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
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
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
women's college; women's university
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
honorific/polite/humble prefix
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
department (faculty) of literature
head (of a university department); chairperson
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
section manager; section chief
story; tale; talk; discussion
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
directly; in person; firsthand
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to look forward to something
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor