to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
admiration; being impressed (by)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
no!; no no!; no, not at all
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
funeral; burial; condolence
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
how; in what way; how about; questionable
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
perfect; just right; ideal
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion