at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
myself; yourself; I; me; you
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.
now; the present time; just now; another; more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
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
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed