honorific/polite/humble prefix
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
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
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to manage something successfully; to be successful
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend