friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
people; men and women; each person; everybody
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
older sister; elder sister
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
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
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
thousand years; very long period; forever
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
(social) position; status
suffix for familiar person
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof