How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
control; management (e.g. of a business)
originally; by nature; from the start
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
sorry; excuse me; thank you
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
you (plural); all of you; you all
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
how; in what way; how about
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
in that way; thus; so; so?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...