yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
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
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
oak tree; (arch.) imperial palace guard
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
all; entire; whole; altogether
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to become hoarse; to become husky
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
company president; manager; director
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
moneylending; moneylender