indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
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; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
time; hour; period; class
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to move (house); to change residence
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty