Tokushima (city, prefecture)
program (e.g. TV); programme
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
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
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.
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
selection; choice; option
fish pickled in sweet Kyoto-style miso
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
Szechuan pickles; Sichuan vegetables; zha cai; pickled mustard plant stem
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that