your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
aroma; class; style; aromatherapy
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
all; entire; whole; altogether
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
older sister; elder sister
to redeem (from sin); to save
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof