alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
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 blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
suffix for familiar person
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
now; the present time; just now; another; more
what time; (lit.) which hour
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner