now; the present time; just now; another; more
professor; teaching; instruction
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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
honorific/polite/humble prefix
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
next; secondly; subsequently
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
last night; yesterday evening
evening meal; supper; dinner
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to