shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
estimate (of costs); budget
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
refinement; elegance; grace
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
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
risky speculation; big gamble; large bet
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
warp; curvature; curve; arch
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
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.)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise