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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
company; corporation; workplace
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 resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
professional killer; hit man
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do