sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
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.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
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
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise