ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to draw a tile from the wall; to win on a self-drawn tile
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
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
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
in that way; thus; so; so?
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
police; police officer; police station
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
company; corporation; workplace
adviser; advisor; consultant
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob