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
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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 take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
family; members of a family
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
male homosexual's partner; buttocks; anus
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
actor; actress; player; performer
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
almost; roughly; approximately
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship