(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
... years old; age (of) ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
settlement; solution; resolution
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
last week; the week before
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
pupil; student; schoolchild
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
two persons; two people; pair; couple
what kind of; what sort of; what
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
problematic statement; controversial remark
because of; owing to; due to
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become