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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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.
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
chief (of police); head (of office)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
district; section; sector
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
please (give me); please (do for me)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
to face; to go towards; to head towards
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
in that way; thus; so; so?
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o