serious; not joking; straight
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
just a minute; small quantity
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
telephone call; telephone (device)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
later on; eventually; afterwards
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
now; the present time; just now; another; more
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
penalty; sentence; punishment