employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
modesty; humility; being humble
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.
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...