indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
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
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
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 send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
reason; cause; circumstances
undertaker's office; funeral home; funeral parlor
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
one's own property; possessions
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
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
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
knowing; (an) acquaintance
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
six (long cylindrical things)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
declaration of a state of emergency
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift