love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
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
name; given name; first name
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
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 smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
war; fighting; fierce competition
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
suffix for familiar person
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah