enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
trivial; not amounting to much
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
evidence; (positive) test results
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
char (esp. the Japanese char, Salvelinus pluvius); charr
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
this occasion; at this time; now
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
gathering to remember a deceased person; memorial gathering; farewell party; goodbye party; send-off party
participation; joining; entry
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
the other day; a few days ago