indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
educational institution; school; academy; campus
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
suffix appended to someone else's family members
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform top; sweatsuit; tracksuit; Jersey (cattle)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)