indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to soar (esp. of spirits and gods)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)