honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
conviction; belief; confidence
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
all present; all concerned; all of us
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
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.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!