prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
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
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
oracle; revelation; divine message
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
adds force or indicates command
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
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 popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
image; figure; figure; form; image
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
(some) more; even more; longer; further
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do