udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
genius; prodigy; natural gift
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
bread roll sandwich with croquette filling
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
this; our; right; justice; checking account
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
such; like that; that sort of
only; merely; nothing but; no more than