request; favour (to ask); wish; please
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
family; members of a family
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
serious; not joking; straight
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
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
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess