to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
suffix for familiar person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
river; stream; River; the ... river
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
in public; in company; in the presence of others
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
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 show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already