empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
waiting; expectation; standby image (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
danger; peril; hazard; risk
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
marriage between coworkers
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
please (give me); please (do for me)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance