talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
evening meal; dinner; supper
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
now; the present time; just now; another; more
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
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 make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
while; during; while; although; all; both
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
cooking; food preparation
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
antiquity; the previous era
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
condition of fire; heat level; fire strength
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy