next; following; subsequent; stage; station
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
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 sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
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.
until now; so far; up to the present
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
please; somehow or other; one way or another
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh