serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
Chinese onion (Allium chinense); Chinese scallion; Kiangsi scallion; pickled Chinese onion
suffix for familiar person
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
all you want; as much as one wants
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that