employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
(cash) register; checkout (counter); cashier
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
yen (currency of Japan); circle
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
part-time lecturer; contract teacher
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
single word; a few words; brief comment
clearing one's throat; cough
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon