town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
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
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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 carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
unprecedented; record-breaking
(of a kind) never to be seen again
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
genius; prodigy; natural gift
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
favorite sword; cherished sword
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise