business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
document; official papers
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
(some) more; even more; longer; further
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 take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
number one; first; best; most; game; round
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
suffix for familiar person
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
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
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside