person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
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 change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
professional killer; hit man
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
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 cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
method; process; manner; way; means; technique