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.)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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
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
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
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