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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
myself; yourself; I; me; you
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
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.
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to be needed; to be wanted
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
decluttering; clearing out past accumulation; minimalism