heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
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.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
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.
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
right side; style of Japanese court music
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)