myself; yourself; I; me; you
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Yamato (ancient name for Japan)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold