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
story; tale; talk; discussion
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to understand each other well; to relate to; to strike a sympathetic chord
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
if so; in that case; in that situation
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
now; the present time; just now; another; more
in comparison to; rather than
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
surroundings; environs; circumference
people; men and women; each person; everybody
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.
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
myself; yourself; I; me; you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to feel; to sense; to experience