everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense
Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
word; term; language; speech
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
chief (of police); head (of office)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
then; well; so; well then
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)