bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
female high school student
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
extremely; very; really; super; so
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
else; in addition; besides
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
fair and delicate features (of a man)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
contact; touch; contact lens
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others