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
control; management (e.g. of a business)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
myself; yourself; I; me; you
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
in this way; thus; such; uh...
day of month; counter for days
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
duty; function; office; mission; task
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
now; the present time; just now; another; more
accomplishment; execution
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
not caring; not giving a damn
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
educational institution; school; academy; campus
strong awamori (60%) from Yonaguni Island, Okinawa
than; from; out of; except; but; more
adds force or indicates command