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
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
evening; night; nighttime
sorry; excuse me; thank you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
just a minute; small quantity
story; tale; talk; discussion
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
don't you think?; indicates question
myself; yourself; I; me; you
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...