prefix for forming ordinal numbers
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
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
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
shopping; purchased goods
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
shopping basket; market basket
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
neighbourhood; neighborhood
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
collecting together and buying; doing a big shop
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 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
in that way; thus; so; so?
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty