to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
please (give me); please (do for me)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
really; truly; indeed; good grief
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
beyond compare; peerless; unrivaled; unique
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
suffix for familiar person
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
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.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
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 buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)