man; male; masculine gender
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
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
river; stream; River; the ... river
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
chemical plant; chemical factory; chemical works
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
follow-up report; further news
police; police officer; police station
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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 perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
woman; female; feminine gender
suffix for familiar person
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
three; three years of age
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
neighbourhood; neighborhood
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date