Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
second day of the month; two days
continuation; succession; series
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
such; this sort of; like this
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
program (e.g. TV); programme
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
promo; advertising for a program (TV, radio, etc.); program publicity
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
troops; group members; team members
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
please (give me); please (do for me)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case