door (Western-style, car, etc.)
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 open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
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.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
natto (fermented soybeans)
to mix; to stir; to blend
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
have a good day; take care; see you
beloved child; dear child
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
suffix for familiar person
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
loveable; very likeable; like very much
in that way; thus; so; so?
by myself; in person; by oneself