new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
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
suffix for familiar person
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
university student; college student
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
really; truly; indeed; good grief
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
female high-school student
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...