prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
hello; good day; good afternoon
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
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 do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
permission; approval; authorization; license
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
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
force (bulldoze) one's way through
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
at; in; at; when; by; with; so