truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
please (give me); please (do for me)
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
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
company president; manager; director
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; so?
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style