sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller; (arch.) child from the city
New Year's Eve; end of the year
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
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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 kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
time; season; period; phase; stage
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
how; in what way; how about
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once