indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
suffix for familiar person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
boy; son; baby boy; young man
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely