myself; yourself; I; me; you
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
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.
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one day; (on) a certain day
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
since then; from that time; ever since
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
offender; criminal; culprit
listening device; bug; wiretap
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
family; members of a family
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
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.)
arrest; apprehension; capture
copycat criminal; copycat crime
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for