surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
method of treatment; cure; remedy
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
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.
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
how; in what way; how about
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.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not