magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
secret base; hideout; hidden position
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to await; to wait for; to expect
thundering; roaring; rumbling; booming
attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
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.
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
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
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
there are no tricks or gimmicks (phrase used at magic shows); perfectly ordinary (e.g. mirror, pack of cards)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time tunnel (passageway enabling time travel)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm