indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
band (group of musicians); band (material); strap; belt (clothing); (frequency) band
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.
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
myself; yourself; I; me; you
name; given name; first name
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
just one person; only one
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to get hungry; to become hungry
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
bento; Japanese box lunch
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
full rehearsal; dress rehearsal; run-through
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
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.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
rehearsal; rehabilitation
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
considerably; greatly; a lot
time; hour; period; class