indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
normal operation (of a train service, bus service, etc.); running normally; normal state of affairs; business as usual
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
both; both sides; both parties
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
for example; for instance; e.g.
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
crotch; groin; area between the thighs
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
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.
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
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.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument