master; teacher; stable master
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
so; like this; in this way
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
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 leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
police; police officer; police station
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
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to have a talk; to tell a story
in that way; thus; so; so?
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
after that; afterwards; thereafter
placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary); depositing ashes
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)
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