yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
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
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
funeral service; memorial service; farewell ceremony (e.g. for a retiree)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
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.
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...