year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
fine weather; fair weather
father; dad; husband; you; he
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
next year; next fiscal year
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet); budget committee
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for