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
teatime; tea break; coffee break
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
wrist cutting; slashing one's wrists
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to talk; to chat; to chatter
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this world; this life; world of the living
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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.
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
story; tale; talk; discussion
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
narrow; thin (sized); slender
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then