to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
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
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
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
myself; yourself; I; me; you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
purity; homogeneity; unadorned
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
suffix for familiar person
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not