very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
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
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
now; the present time; just now; another; more
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
soldier; combatant; warrior
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
adds force or indicates command
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work