innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
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
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
study; research; investigation
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
duck face; duck lips; facial expression where the lips are pursed and corners of the mouth raised
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
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.
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
facial expression of feigned ignorance
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
firmly rooted; deep-seated
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to feel; to sense; to experience
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection