indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
far away in the distance; in the far distance
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
imagination; supposition; guess
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
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 give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
when; how soon; how long until
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to ask; to enquire; to query
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)