yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
honorific/polite/humble prefix
society; public; community; social studies
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
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
that is to say; so that means
in this way; thus; such; uh...
index; indices; indicator
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
please; somehow or other; one way or another
unconditionally; as a rule
to say; to tell; to state; to do
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
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...