mobile telephone; cellular telephone
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
empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
study tour; guided visit; field trip
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
article; thing; object; property; real estate
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...