marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 recall; to remember; to recollect
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
honorific/polite/humble prefix
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how long; how far; how much
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
just a handful; only a small number (of)
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial