earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
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.
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be found; to be discovered
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)