thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
older brother; elder brother
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
than; from; out of; except; but; more
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
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 let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
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
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
infant; baby; little child
play equipment; playground equipment
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
error; mistake; slip; bug
pointing out; identification
to repeat; to do something over again
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all