existence; possession; having; limited company
suffix for familiar person
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
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.)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
boy; son; baby boy; young man
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
when it becomes; when it comes to
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
way of eating; how to eat
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least