duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
suffix for familiar person
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
end; close; conclusion; termination
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
yoke; constraints; oppression
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.
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
then; well; so; well then
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
stone; bijou; trinket; stone (unit of weight: 14lb); curling stone; curling rock
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet