noon; midday; daytime; lunch
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
about; on; regarding; per; 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); 15,000 yen
hamburger (in a bun); burger
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)