indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear; Asian pear
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
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 drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death