cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one day; (on) a certain day
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
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
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 rescue from; to help out of; to save
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
myself; yourself; I; me; you
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
goodness; excellence; virtue