here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
impossible; unlikely; improbable
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
father; dad; husband; you; he
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter
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.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
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
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
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.
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient