today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
childcare leave (taken after the compulsory childcare leave); maternity leave; paternity leave
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
then; well; so; well then
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
of course; certainly; naturally
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
how; in what way; by what means
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
scales of a horse mackerel; (keeled) scute
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly