school janitor; school caretaker
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
sasumata; man catcher; two-pronged weapon for catching criminals
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
(electric) torch; flashlight
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
great awakening; great enlightening; greatly awakened person; understanding; comprehension
limited company (company structure for small businesses; abolished in 2006); YK
honorific/polite/humble prefix
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
security contracting (against fire, theft, etc.); private security arrangement
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
finding employment; getting a job
magazine; journal; periodical