to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
offender; criminal; culprit
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
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
had better ...; had better not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
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.)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
infotainment television program; TV gossip show; (tabloid) talk show; talk show featuring discussion of current news, etc.
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
hot topic; talk of the town
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
injured person; wounded person; casualty
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed