Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
suffix for familiar person
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
living together (of two people)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
then; well; so; well then
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)