normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
bento; Japanese box lunch
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)