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
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
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 encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
final game; final games; the finals
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
hemp; cannabis; marijuana; Shinto paper offerings
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy