flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
(only) one option; one possible choice
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to pass (of time); to elapse
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
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.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
serious; not joking; straight
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
impossible; unlikely; improbable
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
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
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
(some) more; even more; longer; further
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence