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
editor (in publishing, etc.)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
myself; yourself; I; me; you
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)