to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
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
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to subsist; to keep on living
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
capital; funds; seed money; asset
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
cache; place to hide something
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind