yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
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
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
servant; manservant; menial
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
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.
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick