temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
Seto Oohashi; Great Seto Bridge
going through; going via; going by way of
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
clearing one's throat; cough
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly