indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
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.
departure; leaving; setting off
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to pass (of time); to elapse
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(within a) territory; domains
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to face; to go towards; to head towards
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
why; how; for what reason
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
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.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...