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
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
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 incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
ingenuity; resourcefulness
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
two persons; two people; pair; couple
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
countermeasure; counter-measure
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
inner citadel; core; center; centre
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
fulfilment of a vow; one's earnest prayer being answered
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
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