indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
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 press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
two persons; two people; pair; couple
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
all; entire; whole; altogether
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)