explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
without eating or drinking
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to hand over; to surrender
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
at once; immediately; right now
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
very important person; VIP