suffix for familiar person
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
lost article; something forgotten
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
fixed interval; fixed period
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
sales; selling; marketing
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
individual; one by one; separate; each
enterprise; business; company; corporation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
finding employment; getting a job
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance