cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
suffix for familiar person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
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
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
myself; yourself; I; me; you
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
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.
by myself; in person; by oneself
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
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
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to entrust; to leave to a person
badness; evilness; bad; evil
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good