indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
helper; assistant; help; assistance
then; well; so; well then
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
two persons; two people; pair; couple
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
midwinter; dead of winter
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
hello; good day; good afternoon
to say; to be called; to do
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext