voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as