soccer; (association) football; seersucker
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
(some) more; even more; longer; further
being good at conversation; good talker; conversationalist
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
regular customer; valued client
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
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)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as