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
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
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
myself; yourself; I; me; you
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
woman; female; feminine gender
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
comedic style; humorous; funny; comical
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
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
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)