indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
acting ability; talent as a performer
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
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
long-awaited; much-awaited
Shitara Osamu (1973.4.23-)
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.
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite