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
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
senior high school; high school
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
figurative expression; metaphorical expression
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
literally; to the letter; literal
meaning; significance; sense
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
foundation stone; cornerstone
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
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 take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
don't you think?; indicates question
the same as always; day after day
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
sampling food; tasting; trying
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of