indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
natto (fermented soybeans)
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
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.
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
lazy; idle; indolence; laziness; sloth
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
how; in what way; how about
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you