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
multi-; multi-post; multilevel marketing system; pyramid selling; mulch; mulching
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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
first challenge; first try
traditional art; traditional performance art
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
time; hour; period; class
welcome!; nice to see you!
how are things with you?; how are you doing?; how are you getting along?; how have you been?; how are you?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
three generations; three periods; third generation
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed