indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
greeting; a fine thing to say
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
president (of a society); chairman
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
mother of a holy person; Holy Mother; Virgin Mary; Our Lady
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
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 have the privilege of doing
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
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.)
welcome drink (e.g. free drink served to hotel guests upon arrival)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
while; during; while; although; all; both
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
ten; 10; ten years of age