suffix for familiar person
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
government service; the bureaucracy
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
Democratic Liberal Party (1948-1950)
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding