office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
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 wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
beginning; outset; first; onset
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at once; immediately; right now
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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.)
man who brings good weather with him wherever he goes; man who is always lucky with the weather
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
fertile shoot of field horsetail
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
company housing; housing provided by one's company
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go out and away; to leave
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute