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)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
different opinion; objection
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
than; from; out of; except; but; more
mask; disguise; guise; mask
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
although I say; although one might say; although called
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that