yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; 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)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
already; yet; soon; shortly; 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.)
faculty of letters; college of letters; school of humanities
head (of a university department); chairperson
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
First Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating homicide, robbery, kidnapping, arson, and sexual assault
section manager; section chief
story; tale; talk; discussion
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
directly; in person; firsthand
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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 be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; 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 (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch