suffix for familiar person
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
considerably; fairly; quite
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
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
time; hour; period; class
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
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 descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
fully prepared; all ready
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
while; during; while; although; all; both
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
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.)
lot area; site area; plottage; lot size
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that