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 go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
travel voucher; travel coupon
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
January; first month of the lunar calendar
15th day of the month; 15 days
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
after that; afterwards; thereafter
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
complimentary ticket; invitation card; invitation ticket
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
then; well; so; well then
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
narrow-minded; small-minded; close-minded; intolerant
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
of course; certainly; naturally
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence