Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
northern part; the north (of a region)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
company president; manager; director
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very