you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
environment; circumstance
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
isolation; sense of isolation; feeling of being isolated
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 deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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 (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
again; once more; a second time