one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
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.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
don't you think?; indicates question
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...