once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
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 fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
legend; folklore; tradition
hostess (in a hostess bar)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
all; entire; whole; altogether
settlement; solution; resolution
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!