what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
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.
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana; opposite bank; opposite shore
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
alone; by oneself; on one's own
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
king; king; king (chess piece)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
royal capital; imperial capital
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
mother; mom; wife; proprietress (of a shop); female shopkeeper; middle-aged woman
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...