futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
please (give me); please (do for me)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
honorific/polite/humble prefix
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
such; like that; that sort of; very
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
myself; yourself; I; me; you
expression; presentation; representation; notation
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)