hurray; hooray; go!; you can do it!
honorific/polite/humble prefix
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
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
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
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 pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to raise one's voice; to shout
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
such; like that; that sort of; very
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent