cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
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
heavenly king; Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
suffix for familiar person
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then