what would (you) do?; what to do about it
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
choices; alternatives; options
continuation; succession; series; continuous
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
choice; selection; option
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
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
influence; effect; impact
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
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
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)