teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
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
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
police; police officer; police station
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
criminal nature; criminality
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters