Okinawa (city, prefecture)
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
returning to one's fatherland
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
our country; our land; one's own country
postwar period; period after Second World War
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
returning tit for tat; retaliating
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
article; news story; report; account
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
society; the world; the times
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
selection; choice; option
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker