indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
please (give me); please (do for me)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
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 write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
sorry; excuse me; thank you
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 ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching