suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
lately; recently; nowadays
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
many; much; plenty; hardly
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
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
in comparison to; rather than
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
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 pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
just now; right now; at this moment
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)