first thing in the morning
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
gender; distinction of sex; sex
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 cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
society; the world; the times
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
honorific/polite/humble prefix
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity