wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
protection law; shield law; law for the protection of something
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
(national) government official; national public servant; national government employee
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
to say; to be called; to do
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry