indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
now; the present time; just now; another; more
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
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 use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
why; how; for what reason
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree