employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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 shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
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
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest