next; following; subsequent; stage; station
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
now; the present time; just now; another; more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
to increase; to add to; to augment
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")