morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
family; members of a family
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)