to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
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
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation