thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
woman; female; feminine gender
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
in this way; thus; such; uh...
day after day; day by day
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
whereabout; about where; how much
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder