decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
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
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
such; like that; that sort of; very
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
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.)
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
just a minute; small quantity
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
don't you think?; indicates question
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
court lady; lady-in-waiting
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become