Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
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
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
please (give me); please (do for me)
suffix for familiar person
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
guard; security (officer); guardsman
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
full house (esp. in card games such as poker)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; this sort of; like this
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)