yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
river; stream; River; the ... river
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
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
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
leaving a matter to chance
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to be found; to be discovered
feeling; sense; impression
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)
joint together; opposite; facing
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then