today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
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.
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
stop (bus, streetcar, etc.)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
police officer; policeman; constable
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
all sorts of; all kinds of
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
homeless; homeless person
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)