benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
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.
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to change (one's clothes)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
then; well; so; well then
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
uncool; tacky; lame; corny
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.)