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
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
suffix for familiar person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
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.
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
hard struggle; strenuous effort
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
invitation; introduction; temptation
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend