adds force or indicates command
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
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
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
mass communication; mass media
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
stab wound; puncture wound; bite (e.g. from a insect); sting; prick
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
murder; homicide; manslaughter
offender; criminal; culprit
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
please (give me); please (do for me)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
difficult to ...; hard to ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise