teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
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
entrance; admission; entering
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
spring water; clear (pure) water
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
I don't need it; I don't want it
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
article; news story; report; account
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint