seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
final; eventual; ultimate
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.
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
what kind of; what sort of; what
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
rikka; formal style of ikebana
please (give me); please (do for me)
roar; peal; rumble; beating; pounding; throbbing
suffix appended to someone else's family members
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey