master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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.
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
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.)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)