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
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
suffix for familiar person
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible