here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
suffix for familiar person
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
telephone; telephone number; telephone call; phone call
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
society; the world; the times
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
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.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
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 (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
two persons; two people; pair; couple
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to be found; to be discovered
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time