waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
memories; recollections; reminiscence
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
little by little; bit by bit
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
honorific/polite/humble prefix
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo