senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
time; hour; period; class
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself