to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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 haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
arm; skill; efforts; ability
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to step firmly; to harden by treading
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
not yet known; unknown; strange
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
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...
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
expression; presentation; representation; notation
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart