heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
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
transfer student; student changing schools
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
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 sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
birth; creation; formation
very; extremely; excessively
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not