class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
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.
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
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.)
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
serious; not joking; straight
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean