indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mask; disguise; guise; mask
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
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.)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
excess; surplus; exceeding (a limit, estimate, etc.); going over
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
honorific/polite/humble prefix
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword