advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
suffix for familiar person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
don't you think?; indicates question
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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 wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
extremely; very; really; super; so
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
a lot; a great deal; plentifully; properly; sufficiently; fully
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
suffix used at sentence end for humorous effect