employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
sorry; excuse me; thank you
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
police; police officer; police station
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
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
book; volume; this; present; main; head
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 ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
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
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
but; however; provided that
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
story; tale; talk; discussion
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name