thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
because of; owing to; due to
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
bamboo fence (oft. a diagonally linked one); undebranched bamboo used as a drying frame
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
beginning; outset; first; onset
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to