babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
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
planning; project; plan; design
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
script; screenplay; scenario
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 return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
please (give me); please (do for me)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
author; writer; novelist; artist
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
book; volume; this; present; main; head
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
suffix for familiar person
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work