to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
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.
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
influence; effect; impact
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
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.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
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
nothing but; except; no more than
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding