to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
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
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.
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
getting on board; sailor; seaman
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
again; once more; a second time
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
than; from; out of; except; but; more
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so