a long time ago; in those days
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
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.
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
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
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
at that time; in those days
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
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
quotation; citation; reference
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
honorific/polite/humble prefix
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
person who is satisfied with their real (offline) life; normie
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have a talk; to tell a story
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil