honorific/polite/humble prefix
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
number one; first; best; most; game; round
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
lately; recently; nowadays
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
go that far; to that extent
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
how; in what way; by what means
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not