mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
suffix for familiar person
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
no, not like that (but like this)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial