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.
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
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
day after day; day by day
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become