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
people; citizens; subjects; folk
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
door; gate; opening; title page
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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.
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
while; even though; despite