torii; Shinto shrine archway
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
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
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?
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
secretariat; executive office
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
hello; good day; good afternoon
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...