entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
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
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
it is I who should say so
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
no!; no no!; no, not at all
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give