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
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
people; men and women; each person; everybody
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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)
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 go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
shades of evening; dead of night
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of