disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
evening; last night; yesterday evening
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
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to entrust; to leave to a person
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
how; in what way; how about
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that