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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
reconciliation; make peace with
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
document; official papers
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; and then
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
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 been ...-ing
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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; if ... then; 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; thus; such; uh...
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 sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
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!
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that