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 save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.)
suffix for familiar person
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
offender; criminal; culprit
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
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
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
probability; likelihood; chances
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass