look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
second (unit of time); arc second
within; inside of; less than
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
elegance; taste; refinement
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; this sort of; like this
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
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
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.
three-quarter length (usu. clothing)