detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
social dance; ballroom dancing
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
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
how; in what way; how about
honorific/polite/humble prefix
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
in that way; thus; so; so?
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
hairy; thickly haired; shaggy
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily