indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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 go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
honorific/polite/humble prefix
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
won (currency of North Korea and South Korea)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
ardent; passionate; vehement
welcome; (warm) reception
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
while; during; while; although; all; both
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny