good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
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.)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
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
until now; so far; up to the present
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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 continue; to keep up; to keep on
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around