at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
feeling one gets from listening to something
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
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.
melancholy; gloom; depression
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
now; the present time; just now; another; more
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
of course; certainly; naturally
so; like this; in this way
to feel blue; to feel depressed
consequence; outcome; result; blame