Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
northern part; the north (of a region)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
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)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
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 (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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 sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
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