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
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
company president; manager; director
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
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
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
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 seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
please (give me); please (do for me)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to cease; to stop; to be over
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
welcome!; nice to see you!
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays