at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
draw (in competition); tie game
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
script; screenplay; scenario
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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 keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
leader of a delegation (body, party)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
now that; since; so long as; because
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
adds force or indicates command
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
art of war; strategy; tactics
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question