indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Merrill; Meril; Merill; Merril; Meryl
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
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
honorific/polite/humble prefix
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
family; members of a family
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
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.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)