indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Kamen Rider (TV series, the titular character)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
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 collect; to assemble; to gather
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
network disturbance; communication failure; telecommunication malfunction
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
time; hour; period; class
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
day of month; counter for days
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo