cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
but; however; provided that
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
(some) more; even more; longer; further