fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
formal marriage interview
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
adds force or indicates command
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
in that way; thus; so; so?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
enterprise; business; company; corporation
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
how; in what way; how about
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb