health; healthy; sound; fit
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
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
honorific/polite/humble prefix
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
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.
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
succession; continuation; series; sequence
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(medical) doctor; physician