first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
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
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
after school (at the end of the day)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
time; hour; period; class
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
please (give me); please (do for me)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying