indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
president (of a society); chairman
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
I see; that's right; indeed
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
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.
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
everybody; every last one of them; all
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting