yes; that is correct

understood; I see; OK; okay

present; here

pardon?; what's that?; come again?

now; here; here you go

giddy-up; giddap

suffix for familiar person

you

topic marker particle

indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)

adds emphasis

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently

already; yet; by now; (not) anymore

further; more; again; another; the other

tsk; dammit; jeez; come on; what the hell

small quantity; little; few; something

little while

short distance

to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best

to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)

to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge

do ...

yes; that is correct; right

um; errr

huh?

grrr; gah; Must I?

good

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well

even

however; no matter how; even if; even though

... or something

either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...

pseudo-; quack; in-name-only

for lack of anything better to do

society; public; community; the world

social studies

at (place, time); in; on; during

to (direction, state); toward; into

for (purpose)

because of (reason); for; with

by; from

as (i.e. in the role of)

per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")

and; in addition to

to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out

to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out

to move forward

to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach

to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display

to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out

to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform

to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised

to sell

to exceed; to go over

to stick out; to protrude

to break out; to occur; to start; to originate

to be produced

to come from; to be derived from

to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid

to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get

to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave

to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain

to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed

to graduate

to ejaculate; to cum

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)

both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)

even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than

even if; even though; although; in spite of

further; more; again; another; the other

to be helpful; to be useful

oh!; good heavens!

ugh!; oh no!

ah!; the penny drops!

yes!; okay!

yes; yeah; uh huh

huh?; what?

not

's; of; belonging to

at (place, time); in; on; during

it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder

right?; don't you agree?

goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit

that; it

then; that point (in time); that time

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)

indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)

but; however; still; and

regardless of; whether (or not)

study; scholarship; learning; education; knowledge

discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

called; known as; that

to say

thing; object; article; stuff; substance

one's things; possessions; property; belongings

things; something; anything; everything; nothing

quality

reason; the way of things

used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen

item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...

cause of ...; cause for ...

somehow; somewhat; for some reason

really; truly

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

did not ...

hey; you

hey

hey; hold on

yo; hey

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

at (place, time); in; on; during

to (direction, state); toward; into

for (purpose)

because of (reason); for; with

by; from

as (i.e. in the role of)

per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")

and; in addition to

he; him

boyfriend

to stand; to rise; to stand up

to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)

to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

knowledge; information

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)

indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)

but; however; still; and

regardless of; whether (or not)

wanted; wished for; in need of; desired

I want (you) to

granny; grandma; gran

old lady; old woman

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

all one's wisdom; bag (full) of wisdom

the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom; personal adviser

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well

even

however; no matter how; even if; even though

... or something

either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...

pseudo-; quack; in-name-only

for lack of anything better to do

to read

to count

to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

to be (of animate objects); to exist

to stay

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

yes; that is correct

understood; I see; OK; okay

present; here

pardon?; what's that?; come again?

now; here; here you go

giddy-up; giddap

next; following; subsequent

stage; station

suffix for familiar person

inside; within

while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of

among; amongst; (out) of; between

in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success)

within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts

we; our company; our organization

one's home; one's family

my spouse; my husband; my wife

signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife

I; me

granny; grandma; gran

old lady; old woman

to die; to pass away

to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead

to cease; to stop

and; besides; moreover; what's more; not only ... but also

because; since

the thing is; for one thing

merry

Christmas

today; this day

these days; recently; nowadays

topic marker particle

indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)

adds emphasis

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time

to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)

to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused

to meet up (with friends); to hang out

to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.)

to go to (for pleasure or for study)

to tease (somebody); to play (with)

to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration

I can tell you

heh

today; this day

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

menu

schedule; program; programme

(computer) menu

suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit; fair

perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy; lazy; careless; noncommittal; unreliable; irresponsible

at (place, time); in; on; during

to (direction, state); toward; into

for (purpose)

because of (reason); for; with

by; from

as (i.e. in the role of)

per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")

and; in addition to

to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to ramble; to hang around; to linger

to dangle; to swing

karaoke

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach

to proceed; to take place

to pass through; to come and go

to walk

to die; to pass away

to do (in a specific way)

to stream; to flow

to continue

to have an orgasm; to come; to cum

to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

suffix for familiar person

earth; ground; land; soil

place

territory

bottom (of a package, book, etc.)

earth (one of the five elements)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach

to proceed; to take place

to pass through; to come and go

to walk

to die; to pass away

to do (in a specific way)

to stream; to flow

to continue

to have an orgasm; to come; to cum

to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

cake

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 eat

to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

that; the

part (as in "part two")

um ...; er ...; uh ...

Sunday

day (of the month)

counter for days

Japan

topic marker particle

indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)

adds emphasis

honorific/polite/humble prefix

overnight stay; stopover

inn; hotel

anchorage

night duty

meeting; assembly; party; gathering; conference; athletic meet

society; association; club

everyone; everybody; all

everything; all

to be complete; to be all present; to make a full set; to be satisfied (of conditions)

to be equal; to be uniform; to be even; to match; to agree

to gather; to assemble; to be collected

place; spot; scene; site

address

district; area; locality

one's house

point; aspect; side; facet

passage (in text); part

space; room

thing; matter

whereupon; as a result

about to; on the verge of

was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

at; in

at; when

by; with

and then; so

and; then

let me tell you; don't you know

let's go

everyone; everybody; all

everything; all

boyfriend

he; him

to be (animate); to be; to exist

to be ..ing

to (have the audacity to) do

suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense

humph; hmph

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

suffix for familiar person

what kind of; what sort of; what

no matter what (kind of); whatever; any; all

cake

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct

to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)

to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train

to till

to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write

to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose

to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found

to have (a child)

to make up (one's face, etc.)

to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)

to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion

to form (a line, etc.)

to set (a record)

to commit (a sin, etc.)

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

eh?; what?; oh?

yes; that's correct

ah; oh

hey!

bûche de Noël; Yule log (cake)

be; is

very; extremely

that is

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby

anticipation; looking forward to

be; is

did; (have) done

please; do

right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think?

hey; say; listen; look; come on

you know; you see; I must say; I should think

will you?; please

so, ...; well, ...; you see, ...; you understand?

I'm not sure if ...; I have my doubts about whether ...