of course; certainly; naturally
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
company president; manager; director
in person; personally; directly
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
overseas assignment; overseas posting
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
what kind of; what sort of; what
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
overseas job transfer; international job relocation
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
electricity; (electric) light
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as