to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
everyday life; daily life
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
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 be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
please (give me); please (do for me)
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
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to sink (into); to get depressed
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
near; close; beside; third person
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
in that way; thus; so; so?
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
parting; separation; farewell
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.
imagination; supposition; guess
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy