the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga)
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
whole universe; total universe; all of creation
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
worm; worm; worm (lure); soft plastic lure
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
how; in what way; how about
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.)
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.
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry