Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
second (unit of time); arc second
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
family; members of a family
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
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
autumn breeze; fall breeze
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be found; to be discovered
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need