to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
honorific/polite/humble prefix
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine
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 take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
personal; individual; private
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
library; book collection; paperback book
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
to have the privilege of doing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
in public; in company; in the presence of others
to talk; to chat; to chatter
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...