yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
welcome!; nice to see you!
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
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
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
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.
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
beginning; outset; first; onset
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
like this; this sort; this way
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays