through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
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 sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
tide; current; tendency; trend
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
illegal; illicit; unlawful
transactions; dealings; business
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
arrest; apprehension; capture
in this way; thus; such; uh...
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.)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
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
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic