indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
winter vacation; winter holidays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
great depth; bottomless; great height
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
then; well; so; well then
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that