honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
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.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
suffix for familiar person
attendance; presence; appearance
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
popping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
waste of time; killing time
observation; survey; watching
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less