day after day; day by day
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
bento; Japanese box lunch
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)