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
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
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 look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
sea level; (surface of) sea
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
living thing; living creature; animal; life
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm