once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
honorific/polite/humble prefix
having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (meld)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...