sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
time; hour; period; class
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(arch.) court lady with her own private chamber or office; low-class prostitute (Edo period)
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
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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 leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in that way; thus; so; so?
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way