white stone; white (go pieces)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
never mind!; don't worry about it
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 break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
really; truly; indeed; good grief
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to follow another's example
how; in what way; how about
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of