indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
action of making something; -ification
disease; ailment; illness
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; information separator; delimiter
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
it is not (like that) either
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
pupil; student; schoolchild
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
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
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
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.
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
question; inquiry; enquiry
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one day; (on) a certain day
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
just one person; only one
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
letter; missive; note; mail