vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to say; to be called; to do
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
last night; yesterday evening
incident resulting in injury
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
arrest; apprehension; capture
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
the other day; a few days ago
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
in that way; thus; so; so?
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
how; in what way; how about
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss