yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
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
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
I see; that's right; indeed
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
natto (fermented soybeans)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
Al-Jizah (Egypt); Giza (Egypt)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
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 rescue from; to help out of; to save
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)