right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to have a talk; to tell a story
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
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
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
please (give me); please (do for me)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
suffix for familiar person
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
right beside; close to; nearby
within the jurisdiction of
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)