to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
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 hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle