teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
Latin (language); Latin-American; Latin; Latin (i.e. relating to the literature, culture, etc. of ancient Rome); Roman
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
British person; Briton; English person; Englishman; Englishwoman
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to ask; to enquire; to query
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...