indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
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 lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
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.)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the opposite sex; isomerism
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work