frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
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
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
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 endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
official announcement; proclamation
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
only; merely; but; no more than
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do