suffix for familiar person
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
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
company; corporation; workplace
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
branch manager; manager of a branch office
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.)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
story; tale; talk; discussion
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
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
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to freeze to death; to die of cold
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
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
wicked tongue; abusive language
what do you want?; can I help you?
infotainment television program; TV gossip show; (tabloid) talk show; talk show featuring discussion of current news, etc.
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
is that so? (generally rhetorical)