I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
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
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
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
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
father; dad; husband; you; he
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to cause someone to worry
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.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
water's edge; beach; shore
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
world; society; people; the public
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
position; job; employment; opening
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 lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question