to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
grounds of a Shinto shrine
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
welcome!; nice to see you!
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
reader model; amateur model who appears in fashion magazines
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
in-house model; company model; model under an exclusive contract; model who works exclusively for a single fashion magazine
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
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
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
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.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
grounds of a Shinto shrine
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")