door (Western-style, car, etc.)
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
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
greeting; a fine thing to say
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
in that way; thus; so; so?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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.
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
company; corporation; workplace
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"