what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
adds force or indicates command
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement