loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
honorific/polite/humble prefix
suffix for familiar person
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
alone; by oneself; on one's own
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
going home from work; on the way home from work
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
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.
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen