good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
spinning (textiles); spun yarn
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
together; at the same time; same; identical
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
woman; female; feminine gender
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
auto-answer; automatic answering
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 use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
one's post; place of work; workplace
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
while; during; while; although; all; both
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
bank; banking institution
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
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to be able (to); to be possible (to)