man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
sorry; excuse me; thank you
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
honorific/polite/humble prefix
monetary offering; offertory
only; merely; but; no more than
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
God; god; ace; king; superior person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
amount of money; sum of money
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
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
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
family; members of a family
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
suffix for familiar person
to become better; to improve
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
in that way; thus; so; so?