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
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
even more; still more; further
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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 give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
mountain areas of Kunigami County in Northern Okinawa
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
official announcement; proclamation
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
you (plural); all of you; you all
consequence; outcome; result; blame
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to thrust down; to push off
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
birth; creation; formation
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
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding