at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
myself; yourself; I; me; you
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
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.
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one day; (on) a certain day
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
since then; from that time; ever since
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
offender; criminal; culprit
place; situation; position; location
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
listening device; bug; wiretap
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
being without a name; being nameless; namelessness
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)