as a child; when one was a child; childhood
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
near; close; beside; third person
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
(police) detective; criminal matter
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to become better; to improve
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
of course; certainly; naturally
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start