fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
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.)
woman; female; feminine gender
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
two persons; two people; pair; couple
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
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 eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
red-horned demon; red ogre
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(horned) blue demon; blue ogre
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully