lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
beginning; outset; first; onset
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
one edge; one end; one side
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
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
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
afterlife; realm of the dead