near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
honorific/polite/humble prefix
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
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.
any more; any further; any better; any longer
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
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
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
please (give me); please (do for me)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
book; volume; this; present; main; head
all; entire; whole; altogether
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back