foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
woman; female; feminine gender
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
sorry; excuse me; thank you
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
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
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
no!; no no!; no, not at all
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding