love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
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
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
go that far; to that extent
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.