to inherit; to succeed; to take over
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
people; men and women; each person; everybody
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
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 want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that