indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
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
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
in that way; thus; so; so?
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
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.