infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
instant; moment; for an instant
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
time; hour; period; class
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
reality; actuality; hard fact
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
opinion; point of view; visual point
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
one thin flat object; one sheet
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
simply; merely; only; solely
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
too much; excessively; too
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
difficult to ...; hard to ...