indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
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.
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
beyond that point; after that
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
large build; large pattern
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
spotlight; close observation
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
two persons; two people; pair; couple
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
of course; certainly; naturally
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead