attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
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
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
tool; implement; means; furniture
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
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 change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to close down a business; to shut a business
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
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.)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
seeing one off; farewell; escort
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate