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Pre-noun adjectival
この – this (kono)
その – that (sono)
あの – that (ano)
どの – which (dono)
Interjections
はい – yes (hai)
いいえ – no (iie)
Conjunctions
でも - but (demo)
しかし – but, however (shikashi)
そして – and then, Then… (soshite)
それに – besides (soreni)
なぜなら – that is because, being because (nazenara)
Terminations of verbs
う、よう – volitional ending [う for u-verbs, よう for ru-verbs]: "Let's…" or "I will" (u, yō)
せる、させる – causative ending [せる for u-verbs, させる for ru-verbs]: to make [someone do
something], to allow (seru, saseru)
れる、られる – passive verb ending [れる for u-verbs, られる for ru-verbs]: to be <verbed> [e.g., 食べられる,
"to be eaten"] (reru, rareru)
そうだ – indicates that it seems the verb occurs [e.g., "It seems he ate"] (sōda)
た – informal past-tense (ta)
たい – indicates desire to perform verb (tai)
だろう – indicates that it seems the verb occurs; also used to ask whether the verb occurs (darō)
ない、ん – informal negative (nai, n) [ん is a slurred version and sounds a little masculine]
ぬ – archaic informal negative ["he hath", "thou didst", etc.] (nu)
ます – formal non-past ending (masu)
とばかりに (to bakari ni): as if, as though
というわけではない (to iu wake dewa nai): it’s not that, it doesn’t mean that