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
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
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 shine; to glitter; to sparkle
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out