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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
only; merely; but; no more than
metre; meter; meter; gauge
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
because of; owing to; due to
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
reproachful; hateful; bitter
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
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
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that