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
book; volume; this; present; main; head
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it is not (like that) either
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
somehow; for some reason or other
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
new book; new publication
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
author; writer; novelist; artist
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
famous literary composition
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
profound; deep; unfathomable
feeling; sense; impression
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one