I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
just a minute; small quantity
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
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 request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
offender; criminal; culprit
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
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
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation