mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
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 think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
belief; faith; conviction
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
village headman; village mayor
to be silent; to say nothing
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
now; the present time; just now; another; more