prefix for forming ordinal numbers
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
Japanese person; Japanese people
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
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 repeat; to do something over again
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to throw into; to toss into
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?