opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
company president; manager; director
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
why; how; for what reason
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
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 a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
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.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
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 know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?