long thin brown "naoko" mushroom
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
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.
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
stroller; buggy; pushchair; pram
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity