creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
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 burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unable to resist; unable to suppress
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
simply; merely; only; solely
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
type of illegal loan charging 10% interest every 10 days; dealt hand consisting of 1-point cards and one single 10-point card
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
small cake made from sweet potatoes; sweet potato
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
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.)
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as