thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
again; once more; a second time
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
time; season; period; phase; stage
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
collection of short stories; collected short stories
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
counter for books; volume
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
short story; short film; short poem
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)