at once; immediately; right now
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
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 return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
because; the reason why is
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
no!; no no!; no, not at all
payment on delivery; cash on delivery; COD
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
one's house; one's home; one's family
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker