quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
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
scene; view; prospect; outlook
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
housewarming gift; housewarming
indicate reason; infers some protest
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous 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.
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
honorific/polite/humble prefix