honorific/polite/humble prefix
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
now; the present time; just now; another; more
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
adds force or indicates command
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
suffix for familiar person
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
plastic; pula (currency of Botswana)
the seven spring flowers; the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs
lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume