tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
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
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.)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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.
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
tradition; legend; folklore
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to gather; to collect; to assemble
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
white stone; white (go pieces)
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher