to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
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)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
second month of the lunar calendar; February
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
since when; from when; how long
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
to be silent; to say nothing
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
suffix for familiar person
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not