woman; female; feminine gender
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
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
fixer; dispute resolution specialist
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
man; male; masculine gender
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
suffix for familiar person
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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 take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix