mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(some) more; even more; longer; further
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
suffix for familiar person
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
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
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
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