to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
busy; having no (free) time
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
honorific/polite/humble prefix
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
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.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
match; game; bout; contest
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
in that way; thus; so; so?
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
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