yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
honour; honor; glory; renown
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
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
honorific/polite/humble prefix
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
pack; packet; to pack; to package; (cosmetic) face pack; face mask
yen (currency of Japan); circle
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
household economy; family finances
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 rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
arriving first; first to arrive; moving first
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
particularly; only; in the case of