waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good