indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
greeting; a fine thing to say
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
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; the same; so?
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 show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
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
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
you said; he said; even if; 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; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that