employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
ahead; before; the future; pardon me for leaving (first)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
line; queue; procession; matrix
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
curry and rice; rice and curry; curry rice
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.