setting off (on a trip); departure
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
... years old; age (of) ...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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 kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
just one person; only one
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
else; in addition; besides
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed