yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
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 come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
(some) more; even more; longer; further
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
sorry; excuse me; thank you
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
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...