credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
close; intimate; on good terms
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
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.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
honorific/polite/humble prefix
name; given name; first name
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration