indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
while; even though; despite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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.
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
fate; destiny; predestination
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
different opinion; objection
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
than; from; out of; except; but; more
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
soldier; combatant; warrior