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 pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
eardrum; tympanic membrane
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
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
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
coincident with; while; simultaneously
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
instant; moment; for an instant
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to fly around; to scatter