indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
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
adds force or indicates command
evening; last night; yesterday evening
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
river; stream; River; the ... river
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)