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
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
adds force or indicates command
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
in that way; thus; so; so?