indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
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 hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to accept; to receive; to agree
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
to be silent; to say nothing
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence