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
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
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 refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
two persons; two people; pair; couple
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
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.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)