you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
environment; surroundings; circumstances
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
isolation; sense of isolation; feeling of being isolated
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 deepen; to heighten; to intensify
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
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
again; once more; a second time