offender; criminal; culprit
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
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
squad leader; group leader; team leader
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
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 hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
now; the present time; just now; another; more
brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
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
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
group; party; team; squad; section