accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
Japan's best; number one in Japan
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
in that way; thus; so; so?
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
show tent; circus tent; freak show
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 take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living