indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
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 exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
beginning; outset; first; onset
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
two (long cylindrical things)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
mask; disguise; guise; mask
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
should; must; -able; probably; likely
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become