town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
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
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
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)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
wherein; therein; thereinto
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
wherein; therein; thereinto
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)