beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
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.
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
company president; manager; director
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
question; inquiry; enquiry
salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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")
company; corporation; workplace
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
income; receipts; revenue
how long; how far; how much
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
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
suffix for familiar person
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
reality; actuality; hard fact
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that