indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
Li Bai (701-762; Tang dynasty poet)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
how; in what way; how about
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.)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
storehouse; warehouse; godown
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
nothing but; except; no more than
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime