indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
with a loud smack; whack; slap; crack; snap
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
what kind of; what sort of; what
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
time; hour; period; class
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?