indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
thousands; several thousand
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
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
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
arm; skill; efforts; ability
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.
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
because of; owing to; due to
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
innumerable; countless; numberless
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to talk; to chat; to chatter