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
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
older sister; lass; young lady
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to move (house); to change residence
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
roulette-like street gambling; portable tape-recorder (used by reporters)
chord; "on" reading of a kanji
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in that way; thus; so; so?
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during