one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
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
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
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.
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
the other day; a few days ago
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
family; members of a family
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
how; in what way; how about
don't you think?; indicates question
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof