indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
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.
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
by myself; in person; by oneself
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
3000; three thousand; many
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)