indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
how; in what way; how about
(police) detective; criminal matter
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to be found; to be discovered