indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
first warbling heard in a New Year
classical elegance; antiquity
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
beginning; outset; first; onset
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm); west-northwest; ninth month of the lunar calendar
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy
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 wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
then; and (then); in that case; if so
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
custom; habit; customary practice