I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
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
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
standing tree; standing timber
suffix for familiar person
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
second marriage; remarriage
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
in that way; thus; so; so?
history of Japan; Japanese history
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
father; dad; husband; you; he
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then