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
(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, 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.
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to crouch; to squat; to cower
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
piece; fragment; one (object)
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
one more time; once more; once again
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
next; following; subsequent; stage; station