indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
myself; yourself; I; me; you
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
avalanche; snowslide; avalanche; avalanche jōseki
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
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.
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign