indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
living person; the living
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
to recall; to remember; to recollect
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
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.
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
why; how; for what reason
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed