to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
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
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
Sazae-san (Japanese comic character)
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
period of time; time slot; time zone
student (esp. a university student)
in the same way as; just like
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
just past noon; afternoon
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
myself; yourself; I; me; you
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during