cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
capsule toy; vending machine toy; gacha; loot box; loot crate
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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
funeral; burial; condolence
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
two persons; two people; pair; couple
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
grandfather; male senior-citizen
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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 eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to