surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
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.
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
the opposite sex; isomerism
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
number one; first; best; most; game; round
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
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
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
now; the present time; just now; another; more
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
company president; manager; director
(another's) daughter; young lady
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs