north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
scattered; separated; dispersed
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
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
cooperation; collaboration
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
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 discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to be needed; to be wanted
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such