Yodogawa Nagaharu (1909.4.10-1998.11.11)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
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.)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
how; in what way; how about; questionable
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
garden plant; garden tree; potted plant
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
movie; film; motion picture
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...