very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
alone; by oneself; on one's own
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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 lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
name; given name; first name
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
don't you think?; indicates question
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
elder sister; effeminate man
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)