love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
departure; leaving; setting off
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
human relations; personal relationships
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.
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
editor (in publishing, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
want to ... do something; would like to ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
really; truly; indeed; good grief
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
two persons; two people; pair; couple
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)