honorific/polite/humble prefix
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to be needed; to be wanted
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June)
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
present; gift; to give a present or gift
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 make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on