indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
more than usual (usu. time)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
image; figure; figure; form; image
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of