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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
greeting; a fine thing to say
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.
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
the deceased; the departed
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
single word; a few words; brief comment
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
I see; that's right; indeed
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
now; the present time; just now; another; more
mobile; mobile (sculpture)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
chief executive officer; CEO