call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
clinic; medical office; infirmary
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
court lady; lady-in-waiting
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
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
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage