ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
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
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
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.
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
pieces; scraps; disconnected
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to recall; to remember; to recollect
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
in that way; thus; so; so?
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
now; the present time; just now; another; more
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
innumerable; countless; numberless
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty