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.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to talk; to chat; to chatter
now; the present time; just now; another; more
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
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
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.
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
lucky or unlucky aspect of a given day
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...