expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
suffix appended to somebody else's family members