indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Chris; Kris; Kriss; Kurisu
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
grandfather; male senior-citizen
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
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 use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
sexy; popular; well-liked
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
at that time; in those days
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
single word; a few words; brief comment
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
... years old; age (of) ...
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage