worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
will not do; do not; does not
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
myself; yourself; I; me; you
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
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
by myself; in person; by oneself
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
law department; law school