here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to talk; to chat; to chatter
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
dispersing; breaking up; running away
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
all present; all concerned; all of us
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
now; the present time; just now; another; more
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to look forward to something
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
the other day; a few days ago
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
something; some kind of; for some reason
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that