dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
(department) store; (department) stores
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
myself; yourself; I; me; you