indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886-1965; author)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
world; society; people; the public
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
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 write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
reference data; reference material
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
like; similar to; as with; in the same way