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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
counter for wheels and flowers
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
master; teacher; stable master
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
evening; last night; yesterday evening
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
considerably; greatly; a lot
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see