suffix for familiar person
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
Japan's best; number one in Japan
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
adds force or indicates command
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
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
at the point of death; almost dead; about to die; at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)
oak tree; (arch.) imperial palace guard
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
work; business; company; study
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
and; thereupon; because of that
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
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.
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
father; dad; husband; you; he