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
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 convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
mobile suit (giant robot in the anime "Mobile Suit Gundam")
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
application; request; petition
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
un-; non-; negative prefix
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
honorific/polite/humble prefix
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement