to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
in that way; thus; so; so?
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
parents' observation day (at school); parents' visiting day; open day
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
primary school; elementary school; grade school
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
honorific/polite/humble prefix
now; the present time; just now; another; more
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
man; male; masculine gender
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")