trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
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 taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (at a location); sum of money
river; stream; River; the ... river
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)