important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
already; now; no longer; not any more
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
being too late; losing one's final chance
white stone; white (go pieces)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
suffix for familiar person
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
shopping; purchased goods
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
singing voice; (sound of) singing