chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
of course; certainly; naturally
trainer (someone who works with sports athletes); sweatshirt
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
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.
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
no!; no no!; no, not at all
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
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
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
be (that) as it may; having said that
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question