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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
standing tree; standing timber
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
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 say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to subsist; to keep on living
now; the present time; just now; another; more
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
in that way; thus; so; so?
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing