hello; good day; good afternoon
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
support; backing; aid; assistance
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
feeling; sense; impression
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
love of animals; animal lover
trough; gutter; water pipe; flume; chute
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
as a child; when one was a child
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you