表現法/ひょうげんほう expression(s)


  • あくむ/akumu 悪夢 -- nightmare, bad dream
  • あら/ara -- oh, dear
  • 彼程/are hodo -- to that extent
  • 有難う/arigato 有難う /有難うございます -- thank you
  • 或/aru -- one of
  • 許りか/bakari ka -- not only, but also
  • 長期間/choo-kikan -- for a long time
  • ちょっと/chotto 一寸/鳥渡 -- say, ...
  • 大丈夫/daijoobu -- OK, it is alright
  • 丈だ無く/dake da naku -- not only ... but
  • だけど/dakedo -- however
  • でも/... demo -- or something
  • でんわおする/denwa o suru 電話 お 為る -- call
  • では/dewa ... -- well, then
  • どうでも/doo demo -- what do you say?
  • どういう/doo iu ... 言う/云う/謂う -- what kind of
  • どうかして入る/doo ka shite iru -- something must be wrong
  • どうしました/doo shimashita -- what is the matter?
  • どうしましょう/doo shimasho -- what shall we do?
  • どうしても/doo shite mo -- at any cost
  • どう.../doo-tte (doo to iu) koto wa nai -- nothing to get excited about
  • どぞ此方え/dozo kochira e -- this way
  • 御免下さい/gomen-kudasai -- may I come in?
  • 御免なさい/gomen-nasai -- I am sorry, really
  • ご存知/go zonji -- aquaintance
  • はじめまして/hajimemashite (初/始)めまして-- how do you do?
  • 引き受けた/hiki-uketa -- I'll do it!
  • 久し振り/hisashi buri -- a long time
  • ほか/hoka 外/他 -- other
  • ほら/hora -- look there
  • いい天気ですね/ii tenki desu ne -- it is a nice day, ...
  • いいえ結構です/iie, kekko desu -- no thank you
  • いかが/ikaga 如何 -- how about ...?
  • いくら/ikura 幾ら -- how much
  • いくつ/iku-tsu 幾つ -- how many
  • いまでも/ima demo 今でも -- even now
  • いまにも/ima nimo 今にも -- at any moment, soon
  • いっぱい/ippai 一杯 -- filled
  • いっさい/issai 一切 -- everything else
  • いっしょに/issho (ni) 一緒に -- together
  • いっしょうけんめい/isshoo kenmei -- 懸命:with all might, 賢明:wisdom
  • いっそ/isso 一層 -- rather, sooner
  • いつか/itsu ka 何時か -- some time, some day
  • いつまでも/itsu made mo 何時迄も -- forever
  • いや/iya -- 否:no, 嫌/厭:disagreeable
  • 実は/jitsu wa -- the fact is, to tell the truth
  • 角が立つ/kado ga tats-u -- the corners stick out
  • かどうか/ka doo ka -- whether ... or ...
  • かも知れない/kamo shirenai -- it may be that
  • 必ずしも/kanarazu-shimo ...nai -- not necessarily
  • 官界/kankai -- bureaucracy: 官界制 / 官僚主義(かんりょうしゅぎ) / 縦割行政(たてわりぎょうせい)
  • かわりに/kawari ni -- instead
  • 決して/kesshite ... nai -- never
  • 気にするな/ki ni suru na -- never mind
  • 心から/kokoro kara -- heartily
  • 今度/kondo -- this time
  • 此の頃/kono goro -- these days
  • この次/kono tsugi -- next time
  • これほど/kore hodo 是程/此れ程 -- as, to this degree
  • 此れから/kore kara -- from now on
  • 頃/koro -- the time, days of
  • 急に/kyuu ni --incidentally
  • まあ/maa -- well, anyway
  • 前以て/mae motte -- in advance
  • 先ず/mazu -- firstly, before anything else
  • めおまわす/me o mawas-u 目/眼お回す/廻す -- be stunned
  • 勿論/mochiron -- of course
  • など/nado 等/抔 -- and some more
  • 中々/nakanaka -- (not) easily, verily, considerably
  • なければならない/nakereba narana-i -- have to
  • 何でも/nan demo -- anything, whatever
  • 何度も/nan-do mo -- many times
  • 何かと/nani ka to -- somehow, in various ways
  • なんか/nanka = 等/抔:nado -- or the like
  • 何とか/nan toka -- something, somehow
  • なら/nara -- if
  • 成程/naru hodo -- that's right, indeed
  • 何故/naze -- why
  • 何故なら/naze nara (ba)-- because
  • に違いない/ni chigai nai -- it is certain that
  • 難い/-nikui -- hard, difficult to
  • について/ni tsuite に就て/に付いて/に就いて -- about, next
  • によれば/... ni yoreba に(依/因/拠)れば -- according
  • 伸び伸びと/nobi-nobi-to -- in a relaxed manner
  • 割に/wari ni -- considering, in proportion
  • お大事に/o-daiji-ni -- take good care (sick person)
  • おどろくべき/odorokubeki 驚くべき -- wonderful
  • おねがい/onegai お願い -- request, wish, please
  • 御世話になる/(o)-sewa ni nar-u -- receive kindness
  • 御互いに/(o)-tagai ni -- each other, mutually
  • れいの/rei no -- 例の:usual, 霊能:spiritual ability
  • 連絡が付く/renraku ga tsuk-u -- get in touch with
  • りそう/riso 理想 -- ideal/dream
  • ろくに/roku ni 碌に/陸に --enough/sufficient, 満喫(まんきつ):enjoy
  • さあ/saa -- OK, come now, 然有り:it is such
  • さけぶとり/sakebutori 酒太り -- beer belly
  • さて/sate 偖/扠/扨 -- well, now
  • 折角/sekkaku ... noni -- with much effort (in vain)
  • しばらく/shibaraku 暫く/須臾 -- a while
  • 仕方が無い/shikata ga nai -- it can't be helped
  • しんしん/shin shin -- 心身:mind/body, 新進:rising, 新進:mind, 森森:deep forest, 津津:full, 深々:late at night, 身心:body/mind,
  • 其奴/soitsu -- that one (thing, person)
  • 其の後/sono go -- after that
  • その内/sono uchi -- sooner or later
  • 其れでは/sore dewa -- in that case
  • 其れじゃ/sore jaa -- then
  • それも/sore mo soo -- and in addition to that
  • 其れに/sore ni -- besides
  • 其れ共/sore tomo -- or else
  • それより/sore yori -- rather than that
  • それぞれ/sore zore (各/其/夫)々-- each, respectively
  • そろそろ/soro-soro -- gradually, slowly (onomat.)
  • そして/soshite 然して/而して -- and, and then
  • すると/suruto -- then
  • 例えば/tatoeba -- for example, 譬え話:allegory
  • 下さい/-te-choodai = -t-kudasai (colloq.)
  • て-御覧なさい/-te goran(-nasai) -- why don't you
  • て-みる/... -te mir-u -- do ... and see
  • と言えば/... to ieba -- speaking of
  • と言う/to i-u -- called, named
  • と言うより/to iu yori -- rather than
  • 時折/toki ori -- occassionally
  • 所で/tokorode -- by the way
  • 所が/tokoro ga -- however
  • とも/... tomo -- for sure
  • 突然/totsuzen -- suddenly
  • つい/tsui -- just/unintentionally, 対:antithesis
  • うしなう/ushi na 失う/喪う -- to lose, part with
  • われ/ware 我/吾/-- myself, 割れ:broken piece
  • 態々/wazawaza -- expressly, specially
  • 軈て/yagate -- presently, soon
  • や/ya -- such as ...
  • よ/yoo -- emphasis
  • ゆめ/yume 夢 -- dream
  • 残念ながら/zannen nagara -- I am sorry to say
  • 是非/zehi -- certainly
  • 全部/zenbu -- all, whole ...