indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan); Soviet Union
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
... years old; age (of) ...
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
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.
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
meaning; significance; sense
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
scenery; scene; landscape
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
now; the present time; just now; another; more
myself; yourself; I; me; you
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm