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
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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.)
murder; homicide; manslaughter
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
all present; all concerned; all of us
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
Buddhist (household) altar
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late