how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
while; during; while; although; all; both
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
somehow; for some reason or other
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker