why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
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.)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
heavenly king; Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
board of directors; board of trustees
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...