current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
junior mistress (of a bar); junior mama-san
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
suffix for familiar person
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
book; volume; this; present; main; head
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
drunken driving; driving while intoxicated; drinking and driving
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
some people; a few people; several people
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long