indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
ancient time; age of the gods
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
100,000,000; one hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
thousands; several thousand
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
insurance payout; insurance money
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
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 found; to be discovered
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
adds force or indicates command
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...