to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
in that way; thus; so; so?
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
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 leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
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
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then