ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
evening; last night; yesterday evening
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
adds force or indicates command
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
wheat straw; barley straw
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
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 snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance