I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
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 jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to blow through; to blow across
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
imagination; supposition; guess
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
while; during; while; although; all; both
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of