here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
deputy (vice) prime minister
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
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
vice president (of a country)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
birth; creation; formation
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 congratulate; to celebrate
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
episode; anecdote; vignette
by means of; due to; because of; according to
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
present; gift; to give a present or gift
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
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 chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to eat too much; to overeat
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
image; figure; figure; form; image