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
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
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)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
should; must; -able; probably; likely
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
pair; the two; both persons; both things
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to perceive; to understand
connection; link; relationship
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case