indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
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.
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
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
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
and yet; though; when; in spite of
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
mask; disguise; guise; mask
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
system; institution; organization; organisation
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
medical treatment; medical care
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
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.)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to