sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to fail to earn a credit; to fail to make the grade
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work