meteor; shooting star; falling star
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
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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 eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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 attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
whole universe; total universe; all of creation
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need