a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
how; in what way; how about
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
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
random-access memory; RAM
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
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 burn into one's memory; to sear an image
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)