here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
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 sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
river; stream; River; the ... river
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
honorific/polite/humble prefix
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
legend; folklore; tradition
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others